DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate
Baseball Writers Association continued its tradition of
NCAA Division I polls for the 18th year with its 2015 weekly surveys.
This season's polls have been circulated from Feb. 16-June 25 following
the 69th annual NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb., as Virginia captured
the 2015 NCAA championship and top spot in the survey.

In a rematch of the 2014 title series in Omaha, Virginia outdueled
Vanderbilt 2-1 in games and won its first NCAA baseball crown. It
also was the Atlantic Coast Conference's first NCAA diamond championship
since Wake Forest in 1955. Both finals' opponents were not among
the Top Eight seeds in '15 brackets. However, UVa and Vandy were
Nos. 1-2 in the preseason NCBWA poll.

The NCBWA poll actually had Virginia No. 1 in four surveys from
Feb. 16-March 9 before the Cavaliers captured NCAA kudos. LSU was
No. 1 nationally for seven consecutive weeks from (March 23, April
20-27-May 4-25-June 3) while Vanderbilt (preseason No. 1, March
30-April 6), TCU (March 16) and Texas A&M (April 13) also held
top positions in the 2015 surveys. The five different teams at No.
1 in 2015 equal the total from the 2013 season, and there were six
different top-ranked squads in 2014.

The poll voters come from 42 college baseball writers and related
media persons from throughout the nation. The final poll has representation
by 13 different conferences among the 302 baseball-playing schools
in the 2014 NCAA Division I ranks, and 16 total circuits were ranked
in at least one '15 NCBWA Top 30/35.

The preseason 2016 NCBWA DI Top 35 poll will be released in February,
2016 after the 19th annual pre-'16 NCBWA All-America team is denoted
in January 2016.

Founded in 1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of
college baseball. Membership is open to writers, broadcasters and
publicists of the sport. Members receive a membership card, directory,
newsletter updates and official votes in the Dick Howser Trophy,
Regional Players of the Year and NCBWA All-America voting. The NCBWA
also sponsors Division I Players of the Week, the Stopper of the
Year, and publication and writing contests.